BIG4 Holiday Parks provide sites and accommodation options to suit a wider range of budgets and holiday needs whether you're on an extended road-trip with a loved one or getting the family together for some quality time. Find out more Bright, VIC

BIG4 Holiday Parks provide sites and accommodation options to suit a wider range of budgets and holiday needs whether you're on an extended road-trip with a loved one or getting the family together for some quality time. Find out more

Every Type of Cycling in our Great Alpine Region - Give it a GO!

BIG4 Porepunkah is geographically placed on the Great Alpine Road, in the centre of all things cycling. You have Mt Hotham, Dinner Plain, Falls Creek & Mt Buffalo that flank the area for cross country and downhill cycling. Bright boasts the world renown Mystic Mountain that is downhill heaven. The roads that transverse these mountains are road cyclists heaven, while we have the Murray to Mountains Rail Trail that follows the contour of the Alpine Valley. When staying in the park we have bike storage & repair facilities with a stand and washing facilities. We also have a fantastic service that operates in the valley-The Bike Bus-just jump on the bus and get your adrenalin pumping.

Cycling - good healthy, family fun!

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Cycling and Mountain Biking:

The Alpine High Country offers an ideal climate for cycling with superb scenery and seemingly limitless choice of rides making the area a cycling hot-spot.

We have listed a selection of rides for you. However, for more information pick up a copy of "Ride Guide ", a handy pocket guide on cycling in the north east, from the local Visitor Information Centre or a copy of “Mountain Biking Guide – Bright and District”, which is well worth getting. Local specialists in Bright can give you information on organized mountain bike and road bike events.

During daylight saving months, locals and visitors get together to tackle the trials.

Bright and District Summer Road Series - Monday's time trials and racing. Meet at Alpine Cycling Club headquarters on Coronation Avenue (near tennis courts) in Bright at 6:30pm. Rides go out to Wandiligong and back.

Mountain bike rides - Wednesday's starting 6pm from Bright – for further information contact one of the team on 03 5750 1442.

Short Rides Suitable for Families and Novices:

Bright - Porepunkah (10km return). Via the shared pedestrian/bicycle path, the Murray to Mountain Rail Trail starts behind Bright Museum in Railway Avenue, Bright. This track is sealed and flat. A booklet on the rail trail is available from the Alpine Visitor Information Centre in Bright or the Bright Visitors Centre.

Using main roads, cyclists must be aware of traffic particularly in peak holiday times.

Bright - Harrietville (50km return)

Bright - Buckland Valley (32km return) turning back at end of sealed road at Buckland Bridge.

Bright - Myrtleford (60km return) via Great Alpine Road, sealed shoulder most of the way. Bike station at Eurobin with toilets/shelter.

Bright - Myrtleford - Lake Buffalo (100km return)

The Murray to Mountains Rail Trail is the perfect way to discover the diverse countryside of North East Victoria, from natural bushland to open farmland, hidden valleys and some of the most beautiful mountain ranges in Australia. Not to mention the endless wine, beer, food and fresh produce you will find along the way.

Suitable for all ages and fitness levels, for cyclists and walkers, and for all budgets, the trail provides over 100 kilometres of sealed trails and the perfect link between the culinary villages of Beechworth, Rutherglen, Bright & Wangaratta. More recently the shared trail network has been extended from Wangaratta to Milawa, Bright and Wandiligong.

Huggins Lookout (30 minutes). Go up Bakers Gully Road wind round to the left to Huggins Lookout and continue on to Mystic Lane and back to Bright.

Tom Briggs Road - Quinn’s Gap loop (45 minutes). Tom Briggs Road is a gravel track and starts from the Back Porepunkah Road (about 2km from Bright) Tom Brigg’s Road climbs from the Back Porepunkah Road to the top of the ridge then doubles back along the ridge to Quinn’s Gap. Continue down the Mt Porepunkah Road into Bright.

Templar Road - Oregon Road – Quinn’s Gap Loop (30 minutes) Templar Road starts off Tom Brigg’s Road about three quarters of the way up the side of the hill before the ridge. Templar Road continues back towards Bright and joins Oregon Road, which continue to Quinn’s Gap. Continue down Mt Porepunkah Road to Bright.

Mt Porepunkah (four hours) - Mt Porepunkah Road to Quinn’s Gap, on to Mt Porepunkah itself and continue on. Return via One Mile Creek Road to Porepunkah town and back to Bright.

Bright - Wandiligong - Freeburgh (two hours) up Hillsborough Track which starts from Growlers Gully Road in Wandiligong, up to ridge and then down Reliance Track to Great Alpine Road at Freeburgh and return to Bright.

Bright - Wandiligong (30 minutes). To Wandiligong and back via White Star Road, which starts at Dougherty’s Bridge just past the Bright Football Oval on Coronation Avenue.

Clearspot and Return (two hours) up Bakers Gully Road then wind round to the right to Clearspot Lookout and return.